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As a resident of the Connecticut shoreline, I fully support Save the Sound's intent to sue the federal government for failure to uphold the Endangered Species Act in regards to its sale of Plum Island in Long Island Sound [Jan. 9, news, "Group Plans Suit To Block Plum Island Sale"]. According to the Endangered Species Act, all federal agencies, including the General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, have a responsibility to conserve listed species. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has suggested that either Congress repeal its mandate to sell Plum Island or that the island be given to the Fish and Wildlife Service. While the...

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As a resident of the Connecticut shoreline, I fully support Save the Sound's intent to sue the federal government for failure to uphold the Endangered Species Act in regards to its sale of Plum Island in Long Island Sound [Jan. 9, news, "Group...

HARTFORD – Bitter cold and heavy snowfall of the kind we've been experiencing lately is usually just an inconvenience for people. For Connecticut's wildlife, these violent winter storms can be life or death events.
Deep snow can make finding food tough...

ROCKY HILL — A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever may have shot and killed a bald eagle earlier this month.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection reported that a...

A Connecticut-based environmental group has decided to go to court in an attempt to block the federal sale of Plum Island, claiming the property in Long Island Sound is critical to the welfare of endangered and threatened species.Save the Sound, a...

HARTFORD — A new panel of experts is being created to advise state agencies on how to best identify, protect and improve critical bird habitat areas in Connecticut.The state's decision to form the new advisory committee comes just a few weeks after a...

The nesting period for grassland birds, depending on the species, can be from late April to mid- or late August, said Patrick Comins, director of bird conservation at Audubon Connecticut.Here are five of the grassland birds spotted nesting at Rentschler...

EAST HARTFORD — A bird enthusiast is furious over plans to build an $85 million outlet center at Rentschler Field, an important nesting site for several rare grassland birds, and is trying to revive arguments to preserve the land.
The outlet...

Admiral William Sheffield Cowles and his wife, Anna "Bamie" Roosevelt Cowles, must have slipped into Union Station quietly, without being recognized.
Had the mid-day travelers in the lobby noticed them, they would certainly have put two and two...

Practically everyone has heard of the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty," and knows how it ends: "All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again." Indeed, many natural systems, once broken, can never be...

We've heard about the war on terrorism and the war against drugs, but there is another war that has gone on for decades — the war on poaching — and it's about time we give it just as much attention.
On Sept. 26 in New York City, the Clinton Global...

There is a cold, damp but exhilarating example of workplace courage and hope for a better future at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London. Let's thank the brave souls on the picket lines as they stand up for workplace justice and fight for...

U.S. regulators are moving to get rid of unhealthy trans fat from Americans' diets, but critics are warning that a common replacement, palm oil, is not that much healthier and is also bad for the environment.
The push to eliminate added trans fats from...

The timber rattlesnake, which is extinct in Rhode Island and Maine, is one of Connecticut's endangered species and is reportedly is losing the battle with humans, a trend that should be reversed.
Timber rattlesnakes find welcoming habitat in central...

Look at the official state transportation map and down in the lower right hand corner near the Rhode Island border is a patch of property identified as the Barn Island Wildlife Management Area.
Not a grabber of a name, especially considering what it is —...

Connecticut residents can best serve themselves and the nation by sending people to Congress who can help break through the paralytic gridlock in Washington to forge sensible policy. In the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District seat, the...

For 118 years, Labor Day has been a federal holiday celebrating the economic and social contributions of workers. Human workers, that is.But such workers may be an endangered species. These days, more and more jobs once held by flesh-and-blood people...

The state attorney general is asking for a close examination of plans by a private Greenwich zoo to import three cheetahs from South Africa.
In a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released Wednesday, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asks...

Bulging boxes blocked the sunlight from Patty Rowland's porch.
Inside the living room stood a Christmas tree, bare but for a few strings of lights. Off in the sunroom, there were more boxes, and ornaments on every table surface, awaiting their assignment...

PITTSBURGH Koda, the 10-year-old male polar bear at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, emerges from a cubbyhole atop the 6,000-square-foot enclosure he shares with 14-year-old Kobe. He steps out to a nearby ledge, his head bobbing and swinging...